Employment Law

A former Newport News Circuit judge fails to overturn or reduce a jury award against her for defamation for telling newspaper reporters that a former court employee who accused the judge of sexual harassment had been “institutionalized,” in this decision ...

A Loudoun County Circuit Court reconsiders its earlier decision in this franchisor/franchisee contest, in light of the Home Paramount case, and decides the noncompete and nonsolicitation provisions in the parties’ agreement cannot be enforced. Central to consideration of the instant ...

An African-American package delivery driver who alleges race discrimination in his termination and retaliation when he was reassigned to a different route after he successfully grieved his termination, loses his case on summary judgment as the employer has demonstrated plaintiff’s ...

The commission did not err in refusing to take action against employer after it paid a portion of claimant’s settlement of his workers’ comp claim directly to the Department of Child Support Enforcement, the Court of Appeal says. Claimant owed ...

A female school employee who alleges a male school employee made two attempts – the second one successful – to grab her breasts because he said he wanted to see if they were “real” cannot sue for Title VII sexual ...

The federal government may seek reimbursement under 10 U.S.C. § 1095 from defendant insurance company as third-party payer for medical expenses for a retired Air Force service member injured on his civilian janitorial job while he was cleaning a commissary ...

A 56-year-old African-American woman who worked as an instructional assistant in a preschools autism program, who was counseled for a series of unexcused absences and other performance deficiencies, cannot sue for Title VII hostile environment based on allegations of two ...

The Court of Appeals affirms the commission’s denial of benefits to a retired firefighter based on the testimony of his treating physician that he had a heart condition likely caused by a genetic defect; the commission is not required to ...

An employer is not liable for medical payments for a claimant’s heart bypass surgery, as his cardiac condition was coincidentally discovered as claimant was being evaluated for surgery for his work-related right-sided inguinal hernia that resulted from claimant’s attempt to ...

In a leased employee’s suit against an insurance agency under Title VII, the Alexandria U.S. District Court grants summary judgment for the agency because employee could not show either satisfactory job performance required under a disparate treatment theory or notice ...